Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

शाकद्वीपं द्विगुणतो जंबूद्वीपात्ततः परम् । तावता क्षीरतोयेन समुद्रेण परीवृतम्

Transliteration

śākadvīpaṃ dviguṇato jaṃbūdvīpāttataḥ param | tāvatā kṣīratoyena samudreṇa parīvṛtam

Translation

Jenseits von Jambūdvīpa liegt Śākadvīpa, doppelt so groß; und im gleichen Maß ist es von einem Milchozean umgeben.

Word by Word

• śāka-dvīpam: Śākadvīpa
• śāka-dvīpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāka (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (śākanāma dvīpaḥ)

• dviguṇataḥ: twofold, doubly
• dviguṇataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of measure: ‘twofoldly’)

• jaṃbū-dvīpāt: from Jambūdvīpa
• jaṃbū-dvīpāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃbū (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—सम्बन्ध/क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• param: next/further
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (further/next)

• tāvatā: by that much extent
• tāvatā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक

• kṣīra-toyena: with milky water
• kṣīra-toyena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣīra (प्रातिपदिक) + toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (kṣīraṃ toyaṃ yasya / kṣīra-rūpaṃ toyam)

• samudreṇa: by the ocean
• samudreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• parīvṛtam: surrounded/encircled
• parīvṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + ā-√vṛ (धातु) → paryāvṛta/parīvṛta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śākadvīpa / Kṣīra-samudra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A second, larger concentric continent beyond Jambūdvīpa, ringed by a luminous white ‘milk ocean’ band; the doubling is shown by wider rings and expanding radius.

Characters & Entities

• Śākadvīpa
• Jambūdvīpa
• Kṣīra-samudra (ocean of milk)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic cosmos expands in graded abundance; the milk ocean imagery conveys nourishment and divine plenitude surrounding creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No; the verse continues a universal cosmographic listing rather than a localized tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.